Environment as a conflict issue

He tells the story of why mining came to be and says that Cajamarca since the arrival of the Spanish, has been a mining region and with it social and environmental degradation has followed. Since 1992, a company called Yanacocha run the mining in the area. “Environmental policy in Peru is weak, where the Ministry of Environment is like an ornament. “ Chavez Ortiz says. Since the arrival of the Yanacocha mining around 20 years ago, Cajamarca has become the poorest region of Peru and one detail that the government economists leave out, he underlines, is the environmental degradation mining brings..........
There are several conflicts that have arisen due to mining in Cajamarca and Chavez Ortiz mention some. The main is the Choropampa conflict in 2001, where the population become contaminated by mercury due to a truck subcontractor to Yanacocha that spilled mercury on the road, he says. The Conga conflict is the latest one and originates in 2011.
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